Though the track season was cut short, there were enough meets to put together a list of the top 10 times or marks in each event. The list is based off results in flrunners.com. 100 meters Iyana Elston, Blake 12.12 Sophie Haag, Calvary Christian 12.15 Justyce Murphy, Hillsborough 12.30 Janaya Davis-Grainer, Admiral Farragut 12.35 Ella Tennant, […]
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The NCAA Eligibility Center announced Monday that high school rising seniors will not be required to take a standardized test to be eligible to play at play at a Division I or II school. Part of the reason is the difficulty in taking the SAT or ACT during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. ”Given the continuing […]
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First, Dixie M. Hollins High eliminated any symbolism tied to the Confederacy, including the removal of the Colonel character as a mascot. Then the school redesigned its logo, eliminating any full reference to the Rebels nickname. Last week, school administrators, in response to student advocacy, took their most dramatic step, dropping Dixie from the name […]
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This is the age of specialization, where athletes play one sport at an early age and play it year-round. But there are a few anomalies. Take Hillsborough’s Erriyon Knighton, Seffner Christian’s Michael Trigg and Plant City’s Mario Williams. They divide their attention between two sports. Once the football season is over, those three trade in […]
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Though the track season was cut short, there were enough meets to put together a list of the top 10 times or marks in each event. The list is based off results in flrunners.com. Hillsborough’s Erriyon Knighton, the area’s top sprinter, holds the top times in three events: the 100, 200 and 400. Robinson’s Ethan […]
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Erriyon Knighton accelerated powerfully at the start of his 200 meter race. By the time the Hillsborough High sprinter turned the corner, he already had the lead. Running alone — startlingly alone — for the last half of the event, Knighton showed no interest in slowing down with the gold medal at last weekend’s Junior […]
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The Hillsborough County school board unanimously approved a contract with Advent Health and PT Solutions Holding LLC to supply certified athletic trainers year-round to all 28 public high schools during last week’s meeting. Initially, the contract was on the agenda at the school board’s budget meeting two weeks ago but was withdrawn, partly because it […]
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Trayvon Bromell accelerated powerfully in his 100 meter heat, sprinting past a fast field and back into the spotlight in his signature event. At Friday’s 2020 Back to the Track meet in Clermont, the former Gibbs and Baylor standout won his 100 meter heat in wind-legal 9.90 seconds, the second-fastest time in the world this […]
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Last month, Hillsborough County Superintendent Addison Davis announced safety measures as part of a nearly $1 million settlement the school board reached with the family of Hezekiah B. Walters, the Middleton player who collapsed and died after going through conditioning drills in June of 2019. One of the biggest protocols was to ensure athletic trainers […]
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Lightning Bolt track coach Garlynn Boyd, who was instrumental in the development of Olympic sprinter Trayvon Bromell and former Florida hurdler TJ Holmes, had died. Boyd, a former state champion in the shot put at Dixie Hollins High, started the Lightning Bolt Track Club in 1991. Her youth program turned out some of the top […]
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